The following photo and story was kindly sent in by Jan Merry, Thomas Smith Ickeringill is her relative. Residents of Southern Cross: Bob the Pieman, Tom Ickeringill and Jock Mavor -Photo Jan Merry This is a fascinating picture showing some of the colourful characters of the Outback. My relative is Thomas Smith Ickeringill, second from […]
The Ghosts of Bayley Street – a verse
14/11/2020 By Leave a Comment
Almost a 1000 men under the age of 26 lie buried in the Coolgardie Cemetery. The Ghosts of Bayley Street Last night the occult was in power And as the clocks struck midnight hour With saddened eyes and soundless feet, A thousand ghosts walked Bayley Street Ghosts of men who, joys denying Paved the way, […]
Kunanalling Graves:
07/11/2020 By Leave a Comment
KUNANALLING — The town grew up on the goldfields, located 32 kilometres north west of Coolgardie. It was gazetted in June 1893 just a few months before Kalgoorlie. Originally known as 25 Mile, the name was changed later to Kunanalling which in the Aboriginal dialect of the area means place of the eagle hawk. The […]
Prospector Who Dug His Own Grave:
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Sunday Times – 22 September 1940, page 10 Prospector Who Dug His Own Grave The story of Franz Horneg (AKA Franz ERDMAN), a German and Anthon Johansen, called ‘The Swede’ (but was Norwegian), is a true story, yet if it had occurred to a fiction writer, the author would have probably rejected it as too […]
Uriah Dudley, Mining Engineer and Mason
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BROTHER URIAH DUDLEY, MINING ENGINEER AND FREEMASON by Geoff Randall Shortly after Uriah Dudley was born in 1852 in Bedfordshire, England, his parents migrated to Australia. They were part of the mass immigration of Victoria’s Gold Rush era and settled first of all in Geelong. During the Gympie Gold Boom in Queensland the family moved […]
